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Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools (or Torah Umesorah תורה ומסורה ) is an Orthodox Jewish educational charity [1] based in the United States that promotes Torah-based Jewish religious education in North America by supporting and developing a loosely affiliated network independent private Jewish day schools.
Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox Semikha centers on the study of Talmud-based halacha (Jewish law), while in other programs, the emphasis may shift to "the other functions of a modern rabbi such as preaching, counselling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative Yeshivot occupy a ...
Hebrew Theological College (HTC) was founded in 1921 in the city of Chicago by Chaim Tzvi Rubinstein (1872–1944) and Saul Silber (1876–1946). Rubinstein, an alumnus of Volozhin Yeshiva, had arrived in the United States in 1917; Silber, a pulpit rabbi in Chicago, served as president of the school for its first 25 years. [2]
This is a list of yeshivas, midrashas, and Hebrew schools in Israel and the West Bank. In Orthodox Judaism a yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is an educational institution where men can study the Torah, the Talmud, and develop their character. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi called a rosh yeshiva (head of the yeshiva).
This article is a list of mesivtas.A mesivta (or mesifta) [1] [2] is a Jewish Orthodox secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades 9 through 11 or 12; alternately, it refers to the religious studies track in a yeshiva high school that offers both religious and secular studies.
Hadar offers summer and year-long fellowship programs for young Jews wanting to expand their knowledge of Torah; it teaches core Jewish values, Jewish ideas, and communal music (Rising Song Institute with Joey Weisenberg) through three centers for learning; and it offers short-term seminars for Jewish leaders of all stripes, from teachers to ...
Yeshivat Maharat is a Jewish educational institution in The Bronx, New York, which is the first Orthodox-affiliated yeshiva in North America to ordain women. [1] The word Maharat (Hebrew: מהר״ת) is a Hebrew acronym for phrase manhiga hilkhatit rukhanit Toranit (Hebrew: מנהיגה הלכתית רוחנית תורנית), denoting a female "leader of Jewish law spirituality and Torah."
The community kollel movement was also fostered by Torah Umesorah, the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools. [8] [9] Currently, the term is applied in America to any stipend given for yeshiva study and is now a general term for the yeshivah approach to life. [4]